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Possible to obtain $20/month data plan with ATT Tilt?
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| Is it possible to buy the basic voice plan with the ATT Tilt and then add
the $20/month data option afterwards by phone or through their website? Or
will ATT not allow me to do this unless I purchase another phone from their
website first?
I know that it is not possible to buy the $20/month data option and the ATT
Tilt at the same time.
Thanks,
~None
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| On Wed, 28 Nov 2007 17:02:13 GMT, "none" <none@nowhere.com> wrote:
>Is it possible to buy the basic voice plan with the ATT Tilt and then add
>the $20/month data option afterwards by phone or through their website? Or
>will ATT not allow me to do this unless I purchase another phone from their
>website first?
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>I know that it is not possible to buy the $20/month data option and the ATT
>Tilt at the same time.
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>Thanks,
>~None
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AT&T requires a $39.99 data plan for their 3G phones.
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| "Ron" <ron.clifford@peoplepc.com> wrote:
> AT&T requires a $39.99 data plan for their 3G phones.
Hrm...this post seems to indicate that it is possible to use the $20/month
plan:
http://groups.google.com/group/micr...d
999f62b
What I'm wondering is -- will it be possible to add the $20/month plan after
I purchase the phone? Or will ATT force me to purchase another phone from
them first so that they think I'm using a 'smartphone' rather than a 'PDA'?
Thanks,
~None
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| dold@04.usenet.us.com 2007-11-28, 12:33 pm |
| Ron <ron.clifford@peoplepc.com> wrote:
> AT&T requires a $39.99 data plan for their 3G phones.
Say what?
I had a $9.99 data plan, and then a $19.99 unlimited data plan, on my V3xx
3G phone with AT&T.
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Clarence A Dold - Hidden Valley Lake, CA, USA GPS: 38.8,-122.5
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| Todd Allcock 2007-11-28, 3:33 pm |
| At 28 Nov 2007 11:16:18 -0600 Ron wrote:
> AT&T requires a $39.99 data plan for their 3G phones.
Actually the $39 plan is for "PDA phones"- it has nothing to do with 3G.
Since AT&T's system is SIM-based, the OP could buy a $20 Go-phone, stick
his SIM in, make a call or two (so AT&T "sees" the cheapie phone on the
system) call and add the $20 MEdia net plan on it, and then stick the SIM
back in the Tilt...
....at least until they catch him! ;-)
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| It's easy enough for AT&T to tell which phone it's in IF they want to.
Whether they'd want to go that far is problematical.
Fred
"Todd Allcock" < elecconnec@AmericaOn
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> At 28 Nov 2007 11:16:18 -0600 Ron wrote:
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> Actually the $39 plan is for "PDA phones"- it has nothing to do with 3G.
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> Since AT&T's system is SIM-based, the OP could buy a $20 Go-phone, stick
> his SIM in, make a call or two (so AT&T "sees" the cheapie phone on the
> system) call and add the $20 MEdia net plan on it, and then stick the SIM
> back in the Tilt...
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> ...at least until they catch him! ;-)
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| Todd Allcock 2007-11-29, 10:33 pm |
| At 29 Nov 2007 17:52:32 -0500 Fred wrote:
> It's easy enough for AT&T to tell which phone it's in IF they want
> to. Whether they'd want to go that far is problematical.
I understand that- I just sugget using a "legal" dumbphone when signing up
for the $19 plan in case the system (or CSR) checks for a "valid" phone
when activating.
I assume as long as the PDA user only chews through a "reasonable" amount
of data, as opposed to running a Bit Torrent client on it or somthing, AT&T
won't notice or care.
I've been using a verboten $5.99 "dumbphone" data plan on my T-Mobile PDA
phone since I bought it a year and a half ago- I upgraded phones without
upgrading plans. When I bought my wife one, I put her SIM in an old phone,
added the $5.99 plan to her phone line, then switched the SIM into her T-Mo
Dash.
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